A group of users cannot connect to network resources. The technician runs ipconfig from one user's device and is able to ping the gateway shown from the command. Which of the following is most likely preventing the users from accessing network resources?
Distributed DoS (DDoS): A DDoS attack overwhelms a target network with traffic from multiple devices, effectively preventing legitimate users from accessing the network. This explains why users can ping the gateway (which is reachable) but not network resources due to the high volume of traffic.
A DDoS attack would likely cause network-wide disruptions rather than affecting only a specific group of users.